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#33612

trigonometry

right triangles

geometry

medium

45 sec

Triangles $J K L$ and $MNO$ are similar, with angle $J$ corresponding to angle $M$ and angles $L$ and $O$ being right angles. If the length of $\overline{J K}$ is twice the length of $\overline{MN}$ and $cos J = \frac{12}{13}$ , what is the value of $tan M$ ?

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